Philip Hammond

Philip Hammond (4 December 1955-) was the Conservative Party MP for Runnymede and Weybridge from 1 May 1997 to 6 November 2019, preceding Ben Spencer.

Biography
Philip Hammond was born in Epping, Essex, England in 1955, and he worked as a consultant before entering politics as a Conservative Party member. He served as MP for Runnymede and Weybridge from 1997 to 2019, Secretary of State for Transport from 2010 to 2011, Secretary of State for Defense from 2011 to 2014, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2014 to 2016, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. He resigned from the cabinet after Boris Johnson became party leader, and he stood down in the 2019 election.